Matthew Drain on SEN right now

Saints Media · Wed 22 Oct 2008 10:23am

Matthew Drain is on SEN NOW!

Sorry for the late notice... hope you can catch it.

bigcarl · Post: # 666331Post **bigcarl** » Wed 22 Oct 2008 10:32am

any reports on what he said?

Ralphy · Post: # 666332Post **Ralphy** » Wed 22 Oct 2008 10:32am

The Reason birrs was delisted is cause they want to get more games into Steven, armo etc

Solar · Post: # 666340Post **Solar** » Wed 22 Oct 2008 10:39am

a update on what he said would be fantastic... typical I'm away from my computer for 5 mins.............

saintly · Post: # 666398Post **saintly** » Wed 22 Oct 2008 12:10pm

any news on what was said?

st.byron · Post: # 666406Post **st.byron** » Wed 22 Oct 2008 12:20pm

ralphysaints35 wrote:The Reason birrs was delisted is cause they want to get more games into Steven, armo etc

well that's a promising sign. Actually planning for the next generation after our current core A grade players.
I like the way the club is going about things off the field. FF, Drain, Hutchy. They seem to have a plan and are step by step implementing it.

Armoooo · Post: # 666407Post **Armoooo** » Wed 22 Oct 2008 12:24pm

Good to see Steven will be getting some game time, he looks so promising...

True Blue Sainter · Wed 22 Oct 2008 12:35pm

Armoooo wrote:Good to see Steven will be getting some game time, he looks so promising...

Agree. Seems like a real hard nut - and he won the Geelong U/18 B&F as an underage player, so he clearly has some ability. Hopefully, he, Armo & Pick 13 can form the core of our young up-and-coming midfield crew for the next decade!

Solar · Post: # 666414Post **Solar** » Wed 22 Oct 2008 12:37pm

True Blue Sainter wrote:
Armoooo wrote:Good to see Steven will be getting some game time, he looks so promising...
Agree. Seems like a real hard nut - and he won the Geelong U/18 B&F as an underage player, so he clearly has some ability. Hopefully, he, Armo & Pick 13 can form the core of our young up-and-coming midfield crew for the next decade!

clever half forward who might not get it 40 times but uses it well when he gets it. Has class written all over him.

saintbrat · Post: # 666418Post **saintbrat** » Wed 22 Oct 2008 12:42pm

http://saints.com.au/tabid/5315/Default ... wsid=69160

"We think our core 12 to 15 players are very strong, and we've also developed some more on top of that as well.

>>>>>>>>>.

evertonfc · Post: # 666436Post **evertonfc** » Wed 22 Oct 2008 1:19pm

Not that anyone has said it in this thread, but the next time somebody posts the name "Paul Chapman" on this site in relation to a likeness with Jack Steven, I hereby suggest they donate $50 to the running costs involved with the site.

vacuous space · Wed 22 Oct 2008 1:55pm

evertonfc wrote:...the next time somebody posts the name "Paul Chapman" on this site in relation to a likeness with Jack Steven, I hereby suggest they donate $50 to the running costs involved with the site.

I've always thought of him as more of a Gary Ablett type.

Snakeman66 · Post: # 666452Post **Snakeman66** » Wed 22 Oct 2008 2:03pm

evertonfc wrote:Not that anyone has said it in this thread, but the next time somebody posts the name "Paul Chapman" on this site in relation to a likeness with Jack Steven, I hereby suggest they donate $50 to the running costs involved with the site.

There's the first Fifty.

rodgerfox · Post: # 666454Post **rodgerfox** » Wed 22 Oct 2008 2:12pm

I'm more amazed that football followers use the term 'hard nut' and 'Paul Chapman' in the same sentence, or even paragraph.

Just cause he's bald and ugly, does not make him tough.

Very, very far from it.

skeptic · Post: # 666531Post **skeptic** » Wed 22 Oct 2008 4:41pm

Play Stevens... play Birss, cut Jones or Fiora

Armoooo · Post: # 666533Post **Armoooo** » Wed 22 Oct 2008 4:49pm

Yeah I've often heard how similar Steven and Chapman are but from what I've seen I don't really see it...

I expect that he will play in the forward pocket for a couple of seasons to serve his apprenticeship before making a move to the midfield...

I do see a bit of Gary Ablett in him but if that is who we are going to be comparing him to during his development we are setting ourselves up for a huge let down...

sunsaint · Post: # 666539Post **sunsaint** » Wed 22 Oct 2008 5:08pm

ralphysaints35 wrote:The Reason birrs was delisted is cause they want to get more games into Steven, armo etc

Ok now I am taking this quote as gospel.
If the reason for the delisting of Birss was true, then we would have seen those players in '08.
Not to mention less of Fiora.
Besides, call me old fashioned but the "kids" have to earn their spot over the older guys anyway, isnt it the generally good practise to pick your best available team each week...?
Sorry but that reason just doesnt cut it under scrutiny

spiral2 · Post: # 666623Post **spiral2** » Wed 22 Oct 2008 7:31pm

sunsaint wrote:
ralphysaints35 wrote:The Reason birrs was delisted is cause they want to get more games into Steven, armo etc
Ok now I am taking this quote as gospel.
If the reason for the delisting of Birss was true, then we would have seen those players in '08

Steven was picked up as an bottom age player and was only training part time I thought (due to school commitments)? Wouldn't have had the fitness/physique to play seniors in 08. not many draftees outside top 10 get games in their first season.
armo - fitness probably still a work in progress, and harder for him to get a gig given he can only play one position and the quality of players ahead of him in that position

Lenny_Hayes7 · Wed 22 Oct 2008 11:51pm

skeptic wrote:Play Stevens... play Birss, cut Jones or Fiora

Why cut Jones?? not the worse player on our list!

Armoooo · Post: # 666710Post **Armoooo** » Thu 23 Oct 2008 12:01am

spiral2 wrote:
sunsaint wrote:
ralphysaints35 wrote:The Reason birrs was delisted is cause they want to get more games into Steven, armo etc
Ok now I am taking this quote as gospel.
If the reason for the delisting of Birss was true, then we would have seen those players in '08
Steven was picked up as an bottom age player and was only training part time I thought (due to school commitments)? Wouldn't have had the fitness/physique to play seniors in 08. not many draftees outside top 10 get games in their first season.
armo - fitness probably still a work in progress, and harder for him to get a gig given he can only play one position and the quality of players ahead of him in that position

Very true, Stevens was not expected to get anywhere near a game in 08 but actually made the emergancy list a few times, including in a final... very impressive IMO...

Considering he was a part time player, Harvey really seemed to take him under his wing over the year and they seem to have gotten along pretty well from a very distant view point... Hopefully he has instilled some of his work ethic into the boy...

My tip for the #35 in '09 and beyond!!

Saints Premiers 2008 · Thu 23 Oct 2008 1:04am

its good to see the club actually acknowledge we have 2/3 of a 22 that is quality and we are now looking to build that instead of an over-reliance on roo, lenny, dal, kosi etc

skeptic · Post: # 666725Post **skeptic** » Thu 23 Oct 2008 3:54am

Lenny_Hayes7 wrote:
skeptic wrote:Play Stevens... play Birss, cut Jones or Fiora
Why cut Jones?? not the worse player on our list!

Birss is much much better

Saints43 · Post: # 666732Post **Saints43** » Thu 23 Oct 2008 8:50am

Saints Premiers 2008 wrote:its good to see the club actually acknowledge we have 2/3 of a 22 that is quality and we are now looking to build that instead of an over-reliance on roo, lenny, dal, kosi etc

Do you really think that we only have 2 or 3 quality players in our best 22? Who are they?

How many do Hawthorn have? And who are they?

WayneJudson42 · Thu 23 Oct 2008 9:09am

Saints43 wrote:
Saints Premiers 2008 wrote:its good to see the club actually acknowledge we have 2/3 of a 22 that is quality and we are now looking to build that instead of an over-reliance on roo, lenny, dal, kosi etc
Do you really think that we only have 2 or 3 quality players in our best 22? Who are they?

How many do Hawthorn have? And who are they?

I think he meant two / thirds... not 2 or 3

Saints43 · Post: # 666749Post **Saints43** » Thu 23 Oct 2008 10:04am

WayneJudson42 wrote:
Saints43 wrote:
Saints Premiers 2008 wrote:its good to see the club actually acknowledge we have 2/3 of a 22 that is quality and we are now looking to build that instead of an over-reliance on roo, lenny, dal, kosi etc
Do you really think that we only have 2 or 3 quality players in our best 22? Who are they?

How many do Hawthorn have? And who are they?
I think he meant two / thirds... not 2 or 3

Oh.. that makes more sense... and is probably about right. Probably should have worked it out when he named four players...

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